Folding bed



R. B. PAGE. FOL DIN G BED. APPLICATION FIIQED MAY 22, l9i8.

Patel lted May 18, 1920.

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RESCUE B. PAGE, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

FOLDING BED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Ma is; 1920.

Application filed May 22, 1918. Serial No. 236,063?

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known-that l, Rnsoun B. PAGE, a citizen of the United States residing at Los Angeles, in the county of lies Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Folding Bed, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to folding beds of" the type which is pivotally mounted within an opening in the wall. In beds of this type it is common practice to weight the head portion of the bed so that the bed'is approximately balanced, and it is one of the principal objects of my invention to produce a bed of the form described, of simple form and construction, in which springs are used to balance the bed. In this type of bed when folding legs are used ordinarily the face of the bed or a portion of the frame of the opening in the wall is cut away to accommodate the legs, and it is a further ob ject of my invention to provide supporting legs for the bed of simple form and opera;

tion whose operation overcomes these objec tions.

Other objects and advantages will appear hereinafter from the following description.

Referring to the drawings, which'are for illustrative purposes only,

Figure 1 is a plan view of;a bed embodying a form of my invention, a portion of the wall being shown in section.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the bed shown in Fig. 1, a portion of the supporting structure being shown.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on line 3 3, Fig. 1.

Fig: 4 is a vertical sectional view on line 4-4, Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view on line 55, Fig. 1, and V Fig. 6 is a fragmentary View showim a modified form of my invention.

11 designates the wall of a room and 12 the frame of an opening formed therein. Pivotally mounted in the opening is a bed frame 13, a shaft 14 being supported in the bed frame and extending at each end into a plate 15 secured by 'means of suitable bolts 16 to the wall or supporting structure 11.

The bed frame consists of a face board 18, side boards 19, a foot board 20, and a head 21, the side boards being a short distance from the edge of the face board, the face board being of a proper width to move freely in the opening or cavity formed in the wall of the room. Pivotally mounted to the plate 15 by. means of a pin 22 is a head 23, a' similar head 24 being pivotally mounted to the head of the bed by means of a bolt 25. 28 designates a series of coiled springs or primary tension means, in the present instance three being used, which have their opposite ends connected to the heads 23 and 24 respectively. The pin 22 being below-the shaft 14, the springs 28 place a tension on the head of the bed to pull the same downwardly which is overcome by the weight of that "portion of the bed extending into the room. 30 designates an arm which extends rearwardly from the plate 15, and 31 designates a coiled spring or secondary tension means one end of which I l is connected to the arm 30 and the other end of which is connected to the bolt 25, for purposes hereinafter referred to.

Connected to one of the plates 15, as shown in Fig. 1, is a flexible cable 34 which passes over pulleys 35 to the center of the bed where it passes over a pulley 36 and then extends forwardly where it is connected by a spring 37 to an eye 38. Connected to the eye 38 are two cords 39 which pass through eyes 40 formed in the forward end of bars 41, which bars are each pivotally mounted at 42 to the bed frame. The forward end of each cord 39 is secured to an eye 43 which, when thebed is in the full line position shown in Fig. 1, is directly under a rod 44 to which the eye 43 is secured. The rod 44 is longitudinally and rotatably mounted in blocks 45, the outer end of each rod 44 extending beyond the face board 18 of the bed whereit is secured to a leg 46 by means of suitable bolts 47. 50 designates an eye secured to each rod 44, 'a coiled spring 51 being attached to each eye 50, the other end of the coiled spring being secured in any suitable manner to the bed frame.

In the form of my invention shown in Fig. 6 the head 23 is pivotally mounted on a block 64 through which the plate 15 extends, the block having a beveled edge 60 which binds against the plate 51 due to the upward tension of the springs 28. This construction permits an adjustment of the pivotal point of the head 23, and when the block 64 is placed in the proper position, a nail, such as indicated at 61, is driven into the wall structure to prevent a downward movement of the block 64. i

The bed operates in the following manner: 9

Assuming the bed to be in the lowered position as shown in Fig. 1, the outer end of the bed is lifted which causes a pull on the cable 34 which in turn exerts a pull on the cords 39, and as the eyes 40 on the rods 44 to which the cords 39 are attached are below such rods, the first movement of the cords 39 rotates the rods 44 bringing the legs up into the dot and dash line position shown in Fig. 1. As the bed moves upward the continued pull on the cable 34 and the cords 39 pulls the rods inwardly into the dotted line position shown in Fig. 1, the bars 4i guiding the ends of the cords 39 adjacent to their fastening to the eyes 43 thereby giving a direct pull inwardly on the rods 44. This continued movement brings the legs within the edge of the bed frame as indi cated in dotted linesin Fig. 1, in the position shown also in dotted lines in Fig. 2.

a As the bed frame approaches its closed position, that is, the dotted line position shown in Fig. 2, the tension on the spring 31 acts against the pull of the springs 28 thereby cushioning the movement of the bed as it reaches the closed position which prevents jarring or banging of the bed as it is closed.

The above described movement of the rods 44 causes the springs 51 to be stretched and at the same time partially rotate with the rods until the inner ends of the springs assume the dotted line position shown in Fig. 1 a tension being placed'on such springsbl which continues until the operation of lowcring the bed is commenced, in which case the tension on the cable 34 is relieved and the springs 51 exert a pull on the rods 44 to move the same outwardly until the legs have passed the edge of the bed frame when the continued pull of the springs 51 rotates the legs until they are in their supporting position shown in Fig. 2.

What I claim is 1. In a folding bed, a supporting structure, a bed pivotally mounted in said supporting structure, a pair of rods mounted on the bed to move transversely and rotatably thereon, a leg connected to the outer end of each rod, and means connected tosaid rods and said supporting structure torotate and move said rods longitudinally to bring said legs in closed position within the side edges of said bed as the bed is folded.

2. In a folding bed, a supporting structure, a bed pivotally mountedin said supporting structure, a pair of rods mounted on the bed to move transversely and rotatably thereon, a leg connected to the outer end of each rod, a cord connected to the inner end of each rod, a guide member for each cord pivotally mounted on said bed, a cable connected to said cords at one end and to the supporting structure at the other, said cable being arranged to pullsaid cords to move 1 means operated by the movement of the bed to move said legs laterally'without the edge of the bed and swing said legs into supporting position, and means for returning said legs to closed position upon raising the bed. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles, California, this 15th day of May, 1918.

" RESCUE B. PAGE. 

